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FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATION FILES

PENSION APPLICATION D11384:

Surname:  BALDWIN

Given Names:  Robert P.

Service Unit:  Georgia

Reference:

Wife’s Name:  Lou W. - -

Application County & Year:  Marion Co 1908


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D11,384


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Widow’s Pension
Application To Be Signed by Widow

(Form A.)

I, Mrs. Lou M. Baldwin do hereby make application to the State Board of Pensions for
a pension, to be granted to me under the act of 1907, Chapter 5600 of the Laws of
Florida, on the following grounds:

I am the widow of Robert P. Baldwin, deceased, who departed this life on the 12 day
of October, A. D. 1896, in the county of Marion, in the State of Florida.  I was
married to him on the 18 day of October, A. D. 1870, in the county of Talbot, in the
State of Georgia.  I have not remarried since the death of my said husband……………………
.

My husband, the said Robert P. Baldwin, enlisted and served in the…………….(Military or
Naval) service of the………………………………(What State or Confederate States.) during the war
between the States of the United States, and he did not desert the Confederate or
State service.

I have been a resident of the State of Florida for ten consecutive years prior to
the date of this application, and that I am not receiving a pension from any other
State.

Mrs. Lou M. Baldwin
Applicant

State of Florida}
County of Marion}

Before me, a Justice of the Peace [Clerk of the Circuit Court] in and for said
County and State, personally came Mrs. Lou M. Baldwin who, being by me duly sworn,
deposes and says that she is the applicant named in the foregoing petition, and that
the statements therein made are true.

Sworn to and subscribed before me,………………this 15 day of April A. D. 1908.

J. O. Turnipseed
Justice Peace


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Questions To Be Answered by Applicant

(Form B.)

State of Florida}
Marion County}

On this 15 day of April, A. D. 1908 before me J. O. Turnipseed Justice Peace, [Clerk
of the Circuit Court] in and for said County and State, personally came Mrs. Lou M.
Baldwin, who being by me first duly sworn, deposes and says that the answers written
herein to the following questions, numbered from 1 to 12, inclusive, are true:

1. What is your name, and where and when were you born?  Lou M. Baldwin.  I was born
in Talbot County, Gia (sic) March 24 1857.

2. Are you the widow of Robert P. Baldwin.  Yes.

3. When and where were you married to Robert P. Baldwin.  In Talbot County, Georgia,
Oct. 18, 1870.

4. When and where did he die?  Oct. 12, 1896.  McIntosh, Marion County, Florida.

5.  Have you remarried since the death of your husband?   No.

6. When and in what company or organization did your husband enlist during the war
between the States?……………………………………………………………………….

7. Did he desert that service?………………………………………………………………

8. Of what State and county are you a resident?  Marion County, Florida.

9. How long have you resided in this State?  14 years.

10. From what date have you continuously resided in this State?  From 1893.

11. Have you lived in any other State than Florida?   No.

12. If you answer yes, give name of the State or States, and when you resided
there.
……………………………………………………………………………………………

Mrs. Lou M. Baldwin
Applicant

Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 15 day of April, A. D. 1908.

J. O. Turnipseed
Justice Peace


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Questions for Witnesses

(Form C.)

State of [Florida] Georgia}
County of Talbot}

Before me P. F. Mahone, Clerk of the [Circuit] Superior Court in and for said county
and State, personally came John M. Robertson and S. M. Mills who appeared as
witnesses in support of the application of Mrs. Lou M. Baldwin, for an annuity under
the laws of the State of Florida providing for annuities for widows of deceased
Confederate soldiers and sailors of the State of Florida, and said witnesses, after
being duly sworn true answers to make to the following questions, each for himself
deposes and says:

1. What is your name and where do you reside?  John M. Robertson, Talbot County,
Georgia.

2. How long have you known the applicant?  2 years.

3. Where does she reside and how long has she been a resident of this State?  She
lives in Florida don’t know how long she has lived there.

4. Were you acquainted with her husband?  Yes.

5. Where and to whom was she married?…………………………………………………..

6. Is he dead?  If so, when and where did he die?  Yes – don’t know how long he has
been dead, he died in Florida.

7. Was he a soldier or sailor in the State or Confederate service during the war
between the States?  Soldier.

8. When did he enlist, and in what organization?  July 22 – 1864 Georgia State
Militia.


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9. When was he discharged, and for what cause?  Discharged at the close of the war.

10. Where and in what campaigns did he perform regular military duty?  In the
Battles around Atlanta, Macon & Savannah.

11. Were either or both of you members of the same Company or Regiment with him?  I
was in same Regiment with him.

12. Did he desert the Confederate or State service?  No.

13. Were either of you with the command when it surrendered?  He was.

14. Was…………………………..the husband of the applicant, present when the command
surrendered?  Yes.

15. If not, where was he?………………………………………………………………

16. When did he leave his command?………………………………………………….

17. Have you any personal or financial interest in the granting of this annuity to
the applicant?   No.


John M. Robertson
S. M. Mills

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5th day of May, A. D. 1908.

P. F. Mahone
Clerk [Circuit] Superior Court.

(The above questions must be answered by each witness, and the answers must so
state.)


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(Form D.)

State of Florida}
County of Marion}

I, S. T. Sistrunk, Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said County and State, do
hereby certify that the witnesses named in the foregoing affidavit are reliable and
trustworthy persons, and their statements are entitled to full faith and credit.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Circuit Court
this 2nd day of June, A. D. 1908.

S. T. Sistrunk
Clerk Circuit Court


(Form E.)

We, the undersigned members of the Board of County Commissioners in and for Marion
County, Florida, do hereby certify that at a meeting of the said Board of County
Commissioners, held on the 2nd day of June, A. D. 1908, the foregoing application
for an annuity in behalf of Mrs.  L. M. Baldwin was presented to the said Board and
the same was thereupon duly investigated.

We do further certify that in our opinion the said application is just, and should
be granted.

Jno. L. Edwards, Chairman
J. M. Mathews
C. W. Turner
N. A. Fort
……………….., County Commissioners

By the County Commissioners - - Attest:

S. T. Sistrunk
Clerk Circuit Court


NOTE

Forms “A” and “B” to be filled by Applicant; “C” by at least two witnesses; “D” by
Clerk Circuit Court; “E” by County Commissioners.


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The proof is all right but have some doubt about the law covering this case.
The husband belonged to the “Georgia Militia.”
This man did not leave the State but fought from Atlanta to Savannah.
57 years old
14 years in Florida

11384
Claim For Pension
By
Mrs. Lou M. Baldwin
Of
McIntosh, Fla.
Widow Of
Robt. P. Baldwin
Of
…………………Company
Ga. State Militia Regiment
Filed In Pension Department
Jun 6 1908
Approved
……………………, 19….
With pay from……., 19….
At the rate of $……………
Per annum.
……………………………
Secretary of Board
Filed In Comptroller’s Office
……………………, 19…..
Capital Publishing Co., Tallahassee, Florida
State Printer


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Pension file – B	11384

July 30, 1908

Mrs L.M.Baldwin,
McIntosh, Fla.

Dear Mrs Baldwin:-

I have your letter in reply to my card stating that state troops of other states are
not pensioned under our law and you have mis-understood my meaning.

Applicants are required to show that they have been citizens of this state ten years
before making application for pensions.

When I said that state troops of other states are not pensioned I meant that persons
who were not in the regular Confederate Army, such as home guards, reserves and what
was termed state militia.  These branches of troops were never in the regular
Confederate Army but were in the service of the state and subject only to the
military authority of the state and not of the Confederate States.

Any person from any state who was in the regular Confederate Army and who
establishes such service, age and citizenship is entitled to a pension.  Home guards
and reserves of this state – who were in the state service of Florida and under the
military authority of Florida are also pensioned.  Home guards, reserves, and
militia of other states are not pensioned while regular Confederate soldiers of
other states are pensioned.

Yours very truly,


Secretary.


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McIntosh, Fla.
July 28th, 1908

Mr. Jefferson Bell,
Secretary State Board of Pensions

Dear Sir:

Your card received saying that State troops of other states are not pensioned under
the laws of this State.  There is J. O. Turnipseed who has only lived in Fla. 10
years he is from S.C.  There is Mr. Llewellyn who is from Ala.  Also Mr. Walkup who
lived in Ga. All of them draw pensions and live here if


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they draw a pension, do not see why I cannot.

Very Respectfully,

Mrs. L. M. Baldwin






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